U.S. Health Watch

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a slow progressing destruction of airways caused by gradual loss of lung function. It?s a combination of various lung diseases. In COPD, two lung diseases, namely chronic bronchitis and emphysema are the main diseases. Other diseases like asthmatic bronchitis and bullous disease are also present. This disease is common among the older women in America. On a whole, about 11% of the American population suffers from COPD. According to researches, it kills 85,000 people in the US every year and it is the fourth leading cause of death.

This article is about Toe Nail Fungus

Influenza is a very contagious disease, though its symptoms may seem light and harmless. One has to know the ways to prevent the infection and to keep his/her dearest and nearest safe.

UNAIDS estimates that more than 37 million adults and 2 million children are infected with HIV worldwide. The AIDS epidemic has hit the hardest in sub-Saharan Africa, where 75 percent of the women ages 15 to 24 are infected.

An informative article on oral and genital herpes explaining the symptoms along with prevention tips to reduce the frequency and pain of herpes.

More serious complications of Graves’ Disease are weakened heart muscle that can lead to heart failure, osteoporosis, or possible severe emotional disorders.

Do you know someone who is sometimes almost manic but at others seems depressed? Do their moods shift from a ?high? to a ?low?? If you do, then you might know someone who has what has been diagnosed as bipolar disorder.

Human infections have occurred in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Indonesia, and now Turkey. Almost all human infections have occurred by humans ingesting blood or insufficiently cooked meat from birds infected with the virus, or being in close contact with sick birds?children playing with sick or dead birds for example.

An estimated 90 million Americans are at riak of developing colorectal cancer, the second-leading cancer killer in the United States. In many cases, the cancerous tumors are discovered too late, mainly because screening was not taken seriously. A single colonoscopy exam can remove polyps when they are still harmless and decrease the life-long risk of colon cancer death by 31 percent.